title: The first one-pot synthesis of a chiral pentakis-adduct of C60 utilising an opened-structure malonate tether.
abstract: A pentakis-adduct of C60 with an incomplete octahedral addition pattern was synthesised via a one-pot procedure using a tether equipped with five malonate moieties. The five-fold Bingel cyclopropanation of C60 was completely regioselective and afforded a chiral, C2-symmetric pentakis-adduct which was easily separated by column chromatography on SiO2.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Cyprus, University str. 1, Building No 13, 2109 Aglantzia, Nicosia, Cyprus. nchronak@ucy.ac.cy.
authors.forename: Charalambos P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Ioannou
authors.forename: Nikos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chronakis